haha..now after stay here for a couple of month, i can make conclusion that malaysian so friendly but sometimes they're not patient while driving..haha..sometimes rain, hot and cold. hihi..it's litter anywhere but it can be more clean if thier development do something...yeah! haha

Hmm...the last time that I can recall with clarity visiting my mother's homeland and 1/2 of my heritage is about before I was going to go into the sixth grade (about 1995). I mostly hung around my cousins and visited the tourist places. I am sure a lot is different from how it was...yes, a well-duh moment, because no place is stagnant...well, unless it is a ghost town or a barren dried up wasteland. I would very much like to visit it again, have not been back since then. I am proud that 1/2 of my heritage is from this great nation and embarrassed by my other half (American...not so much the Polish/Italian background and heritage, but the current mixture) and to that extent humbly apologize for the stupidity of the last couple presidents'...they are all idiots in some capacity...I did not vote for them..but hey that's politics, that really does not change no matter where you go...

I found every one to be really nice despite being called Oran Putai or the other one...hmm quite deragatory but hey...what do you expect...and since my command of the language is quite poor...in one ear and out the other...and no real harm done. I think my cousins are cool and from what I have read, scanned, and inferred the bulk of you are downright awesome (and no I am not being sarcastic...being quite serious actually but I am afraid the praise might come off with the wrong connotation...so sorry in advance or maybe not because you would be reading this in the present so sorry if it is misleading in any way)

I know every time since I have visited I am basically a giant bait for mosquitoes...I must be some type of delicacy to those little buggers...

Other than complete immersion...which seems like quite improbable at this point in time...due to financial woes at my current point in time...I guess, what I am trying to ask is how I can learn the language at a more expedient pace. I feel quite embarrassed, and am adult enough to admit that I seem to mastering Nihongo (Japanese) faster than the Malay language, which might be due to sources like Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, Anime, other Tokusatsu, and drama...but I have no clue where to start on that avenue for assimilating Malay.

I have come to realize that this may be in the wrong forum...but my feeling that I am getting from this 'argument' is that most people do not realize how cool Malaysians actually are.

on religion...a digression point
Personally, I do not really care what religion you are...I am atheist, which does not automatically exonerate me from the subject but it is a non-issue for me. I do not use it as an indicator of the type of person you are. Character always builds character. (Mom's a Muslim and Dad's a catholic). I live US of America...which is for all intents and purposes or so I am told a 'Judeo-christian' nation. I honestly do not know the reaction my mom's family would have towards me if I indicated that I was an atheist...I am kind of afraid to do so, for the sake of their feelings..not so much my own. I know it may be repulsive for those that are Muslim, and I apologize but...I just cannot give up eating bacon, pork ribs, and pork..

hmm...on a less serious subject...I remember playing in the hot tropical rain with my cousin and swimming in the South China Sea...and there was an incident at either a zoo or a wildlife preserve and there were some monkeys throwing fecal matter in my general direction...oh yes a definite eye opener and an interesting memory for the ages...

One day in weekend, I go to shopping complex wif ma fwen. Then, my fwen's car got something problem. Then, a guy like 25 years old come to us and help to repair the car. And other day when I was first at malaysia, I dun know how to find KL Tower..hihi..juz for round. Then, I ask for it. 3 girls look like same age wif me show me the direction. I'm rly shocked when they took me to malaysian interesting place such as aquaria. Luv 'em!!